# Life expectancy by nation — world ranking

Life expectancy ranked across 179 nations, highest to lowest. Monaco highest at 86.5 yrs (2024). Each figure carries its publisher and observation year.

Canonical: https://terralore.co/rankings/life-expectancy
Updated: 2026-07-29 (the society domain's last refresh)

Definition: Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
Unit: years. Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank.

## Ranking (179 nations)

| Rank | Nation | Value | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 86.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 3 | Kuwait | 84.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 84.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 5 | Liechtenstein | 84.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 6 | Andorra | 84.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 7 | Sweden | 84.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 8 | Japan | 84.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 9 | Italy | 84.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 10 | Spain | 83.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 11 | South Korea | 83.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 83.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 13 | Norway | 83.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 83.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 15 | Australia | 83.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 16 | Ireland | 83.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 17 | France | 83.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 18 | Malta | 83.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 19 | Iceland | 82.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 20 | Qatar | 82.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 21 | Portugal | 82.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 22 | Finland | 82.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 23 | Belgium | 82.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 24 | Slovenia | 82.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 25 | Denmark | 82.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 26 | Canada | 82.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 27 | New Zealand | 82.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 28 | Austria | 82.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 29 | Netherlands | 82.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 30 | Puerto Rico | 81.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 31 | Greece | 81.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 32 | Cyprus | 81.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 81.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 34 | Chile | 81.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 81.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 36 | Germany | 80.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 37 | Oman | 80.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 38 | Czechia | 80.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 39 | Albania | 79.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 40 | Panama | 79.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 41 | Estonia | 79.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 79.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 43 | Croatia | 78.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 44 | New Caledonia | 78.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 45 | United States | 78.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 46 | Poland | 78.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 47 | Slovakia | 78.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 48 | Armenia | 78.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 49 | Uruguay | 78.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 50 | Cuba | 78.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 51 | Kosovo | 78.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 53 | China | 78.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 54 | Jordan | 78.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 55 | Lebanon | 77.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 56 | Peru | 77.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 57 | Colombia | 77.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 58 | Montenegro | 77.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 59 | Iran | 77.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 77.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 61 | Ecuador | 77.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 62 | Argentina | 77.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 63 | Türkiye | 77.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 64 | Lithuania | 77.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 65 | Malaysia | 76.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 66 | Hungary | 76.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 67 | Tunisia | 76.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 76.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 69 | Thailand | 76.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 70 | Algeria | 76.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 71 | Romania | 76.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 72 | Latvia | 76.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 73 | Seychelles | 76.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 74 | Cape Verde | 76.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 75 | Brazil | 76.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 76 | Serbia | 76.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 75.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 78 | Brunei | 75.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 79 | Morocco | 75.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 80 | Mexico | 75.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 75.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 74.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 83 | Vietnam | 74.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 84 | Bahamas | 74.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 85 | Ukraine | 74.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 86 | Georgia | 74.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 74.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 74.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 89 | Belarus | 74.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 90 | Paraguay | 74.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 73.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 92 | Mauritius | 73.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 93 | Suriname | 73.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 94 | North Korea | 73.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 95 | Belize | 73.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 97 | Russia | 73.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 98 | Bhutan | 73.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 99 | Honduras | 73.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 100 | Guatemala | 72.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 101 | Venezuela | 72.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 102 | Syria | 72.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 72.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 104 | Iraq | 72.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 106 | Mongolia | 72.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 107 | El Salvador | 72.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 108 | India | 72.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 71.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 110 | Egypt | 71.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 111 | Vanuatu | 71.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 112 | Jamaica | 71.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 113 | Moldova | 71.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 114 | Indonesia | 71.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 115 | Libya | 71.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 116 | Cambodia | 70.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 117 | Solomon Islands | 70.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 118 | Nepal | 70.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 119 | Guyana | 70.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 120 | Greenland | 70.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 121 | Turkmenistan | 70.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 122 | Philippines | 69.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 123 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 69.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 124 | Yemen | 69.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 125 | Botswana | 69.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 126 | Laos | 69.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 127 | Palestine | 69.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 128 | Senegal | 68.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 129 | Eritrea | 68.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 130 | Bolivia | 68.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 131 | Mauritania | 68.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 132 | Gabon | 68.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 133 | Uganda | 68.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 134 | Rwanda | 68.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 135 | Timor-Leste | 67.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 136 | Pakistan | 67.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 137 | Ethiopia | 67.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 138 | Malawi | 67.6 yrs | 2024 |
| 139 | Namibia | 67.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 140 | Fiji | 67.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 141 | Tanzania | 67.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 142 | Myanmar | 67.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 143 | Comoros | 67.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 144 | Zambia | 66.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 145 | Sudan | 66.5 yrs | 2024 |
| 146 | South Africa | 66.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 147 | Afghanistan | 66.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 66.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 149 | Djibouti | 66.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 150 | Gambia | 66.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 151 | Congo | 66.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 152 | Ghana | 65.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 153 | Haiti | 65.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 154 | Angola | 64.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 155 | Eswatini | 64.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 157 | Cameroon | 64.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 159 | Madagascar | 63.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 160 | Kenya | 63.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 161 | Burundi | 63.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 162 | Mozambique | 63.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 163 | Zimbabwe | 63.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 164 | Togo | 62.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 165 | Liberia | 62.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 166 | Ivory Coast | 62.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 167 | DR Congo | 62.1 yrs | 2024 |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 62.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 169 | Niger | 61.4 yrs | 2024 |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | 61.3 yrs | 2024 |
| 171 | Benin | 61.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 172 | Guinea | 60.9 yrs | 2024 |
| 173 | Mali | 60.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 174 | Somalia | 59.0 yrs | 2024 |
| 175 | Lesotho | 57.8 yrs | 2024 |
| 176 | South Sudan | 57.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 177 | Central African Republic | 57.7 yrs | 2024 |
| 178 | Chad | 55.2 yrs | 2024 |
| 179 | Nigeria | 54.6 yrs | 2024 |

## No data (7 nations)

These nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world's statistical apparatus, not a zero — they are not ranked.

- Antarctica — Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.
- Falkland Islands — The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands — The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.
- Northern Cyprus — Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.
- Somaliland — Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.
- Taiwan — Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.
- Vatican City — Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.

## Sources

- World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org

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